fresh meat

hi all been looking on here for about a year now was looking for a using a lathe course evening class to no avail so went and brought a md lathe have been just playing now want to do more so will be asking questions.

Tony

Ask away. I did recently when I joined the forum. Some pretty clever guys on here. I am not one of them though. Good luck.

Steve.

Using a lathe for fresh meat is not recommended. Too messy to clean up afterwards.

Seriously though. The internet, Youtube, etc is a good place for information. Harold Hall's web site is very helpful. http://www.homews.co.uk/index.html. Also Google his name for more info and projects.

Find a small project to start with to gain experience. Perhapse a simple stationary steam engine which will run on compressed air and ask questions of how to turn each part.. We all had to start somewhere. Lots of helpful members on this forrum.

Good luck, Paul.

Edited By Paul Lousick on 18/04/2020 03:54:02

Hi Jerkey welcome to the forum. Where are you based as it helps with local supliers and help. What are you interested in tooling and machinery or projects.

David

Welcome along, first tip from me is to get hold of known materiel to play around with. I suggest EN1A as it is very forgiving. Trying to machine unknown stuff can be a road to misery, not knowing if is the materiel or your method. As David says pop up an approximate location

Harold Hall's book, "Lathework a Complete Course" is a good start.

Russell

Hi jerkey welcome to the forum.

For anyone looking into courses It is worth bearing in mind that Axminster Tools run various courses for machine tools also woodworking etc.

Obviously on hold at present but I have put a link here:-

Axminster Skills Centre.

Have to add that I have no personal experience of these.

Edited By V8Eng on 18/04/2020 11:01:34

I always thought Jerkey was all withered and dried up and not very fresh.

Just to prove I spotted the link

According to current Government advice, fresh meat should not be washed; so, more time for workshop activities!

Regarding Fresh meat. Part of my job is servicing woodworking machines. Some years ago I was working in the Shetland Isles servicing all of the school machines. At one school the teacher asked if it was ok to use the bandsaw before we serviced it, we said it was ok as we had other machines to do first. The teacher disappeared out to his car and returned with about half a frozen cow which he then proceeded to cut up into meal sized chunks. Servicing the machine afterwards revealed it to be full of "mince".....

Welcome to the forum Jerky.

What about our vegan members?

Neil

Welcome!

A vast number of very knowledgeable and helpful folk on here, covering a wide range of subjects.

When things return to normal, or as near as possible, find a local Model Engineering Society, and join.

Whereabouts are you located, roughly?

That way you can probably get face to face help, and possibly some supervised hands on experience, or demonstrations.

Lots of good books out there, by people like L H Sparey, Ian Bradley etc. (Tubal Cain's "Model Engineers Handbook" is a very good reference book ) As your horizons expand, you will find some of the Workshop Practice Series useful, just buy each one as you need it..

Howard

Edited By Howard Lewis on 18/04/2020 13:10:14

Thanks all located potters bar have been chipping up prices of scrap and starting to get a feel of what I can do with it as they say practice makes perfect

North London Model Engineers?

Do they meet at London Colney, under normal circumstances?

Howard